The Washington critic., 1887-08-19
OUR STREET RAILWAYS.
How to Ucnch Aii Portions at tho
National Capital.

Fare for each person on Dll lines. boourh
Tickets are sull by driyrrur conductor uf
all cars for % cents, good uu amy line
WASHINGTON and Georgetown Railroad .sf rir
NJ Georgetown corner OF lliFN .irHrl. .I4V.I
Bridge street, ncruss Rock Crock, east u'nUf
lcnnsylyunih avenue, passing H.I NJ. UHU.
tanning Mills stutuu ui Washington. tor
coiun Gallery, stat Wurunl Navy Depart
mcuts, Presidents House Lafayette 5uunra,
containing NILS equestrian stat uf An
drew jackson; Department Of Justice tualt.
ing vt tiit' cnth street, where Transfers urr
given to Fourteenth street lrlucM Fifteenth
street, past Riggs House and TREASURY Do
partmcnt; again down Pennsylvania avenue
by Nllinid'sund other hotels, aud through
the principal business portion NJ the city
crossing seventh street west ut trutur
Market where transfers are piyou To the
Seventh Street Branch going north toward
Boundary street or south 10 Potomac lGycrI.
past Botanical Gardens to Naval Monument
lDrp transfers are given tp branch running
to Baltimore and ohio Railroad depot, as.
Conding south side VI Capitol mn, Cuutn.
uing along II street south to Pennsylvania
avcnuo. turning into Eighth street east, past
the Marine Barracks to NHyy-iurd gate.
Returning, same route and conditions
Eourtocnth-strcct Branch starts at New
York avenue and Fifteenth street wcsi, uut
Fourteenth street to Boundary, passing
Franklin square and Thomas statue. re.
turning, same route, Transfers given tOund
from main or Avenue line. Connects with
cars 10 Mount Pleasant every half hour.
Fare. . cents additional.
ScvCntlstruet Branch Starts at Boundary
and runs due south across the city along
seventh street west. passing Mount Vernon
square, Patent and pOstpilicc-, Odd Eel
lows Hall, crossing Pennsylvania avenue
at Centre Market and city POstunlcc whCrC
transfers are given to the main or Avenue
liucl. continuing across the Mall, past the
Smithsonian Institution and National Ma.
scum, tu the whnrycs Oi the Mount Vernon,
Norfolk md other steamers 1ul Alexandria
ferry. Returning, same route.
Metropolitan RHuway leaving GcOrgetnwn
where II mikes u circuit OF We Z, High
fGycttc, Second, Dumburiun and Mont
gumrry streets, passing near GGOrgetuwn
COLLEGE, Academy Of the Visitation, Iligh
StTNlcc Reservoir and oak lIlll Cemetery,
over Rock Greek to T. street north, thence
along connecticut avenue, amidst the pilu.
tiul residences of the West End, including
that Of the British minister; along seven.
tpruth street west to II street north. -Four
trcn'h street to- +, passing Willard,s aud the
Euhitt House, crossing Ninth street twhurc
Transfers are given to the Nntlrstrcct
Brnncl), past the Patent and Post uDleeS,
to fiith street, to Louisiana avenue, passing
Judiciary SQUARE, city Hall, and Lincoln
Monument; Indiana avenue tu G. street, by
the Baltimore and Ohio depot to Delaware
avenue, to II street north, tu Fist street
east, thence along East Capitol street TO Lin.
coin Park. Returning, same route going
west, except along New Jersey avenue and
p street instead of Indiana avenue.
Cars also leave ihe west front of the state,
War and Navy Departments at convenient
Intervals. connecting with above line at
Seventeenth and Ii streets.
Ninth street BrunCh-StartH at northern ter
minus of seventh street west twhcre II con.
meets with Silver Springs Brancil, divorglng
TO Ninth street, thence south, pas-iul.
Mount Vernon Square Masonic Temple,
Patent and PostoliiCes at street twhcrc
transfers are given 10 main line east or
VEST, thence to Is street, passing Ccntrt
Itfl1f firtas.E
sixth street To Missouri avenue, to Four
and.a.halt street, thence to the Arsenal
gate and steamboat wharvos, Potomac
River. Returning by same route.
Silver Springs Branch-starts from northern
terminus of Nnth-street Branch following
seventh street road, past Howard Uniyor
sity and Schuetzon Park, to entrance te
grounds of Soldiers Home. Returning
same route.
Columbia Railwny-starts at Fifteenth stree,
west, southeast of Treasury Department
along New York avenue to Its intersection
with Massachusetts, avenue ut Seventh
street: thence ON Massachusetts avenue ~
II street north. past the Government Print
Ing Office To Boundary, and beginning OF
Baltimore turnpike and Bennings Bridge
road. Returning, same route.
North Capitol aud o Street Tor BclD Railroad
starts from Maryland avenue and Four
and.a-hAlf street, thence east to First west
north 10 q street, west to Fourth street
north to = street, west to Eleventh street
tbUlll 10 II NlltNl Iilllls Mt5l " HOAlN
street south TO Ohio avenue, east "a
Twelfth street, south to Virginia avenue
and east to starting point. Returning same
route, except passing east over o instead OF
l. street.
This line also has short connecting roads run
ming TO the Centre Market, Potomac riyei
steamboat wharyes, Bureau OF Engraving
and Printing, Washington Monument aud
Eleventh and Boundary.
AuGcOstia misunderstanding from foot oI
Seventh street, along NJ street south
past nnyy-yard gate. to Twelfth street east
and over the AnaCOStia Bridge 10 Union
town and the Government II HlspltHl fur III,
Insane. Returning same route Tran fer
T. and from Avenue Line or Scvcnth5irrel
Branch Washington and Georgetown Rail
road. cents.
Hcrdic coaches are running from the Navy
Yard via Pennsylvania avenue 10 Twenty
second and q streets northwest. Fare,
cents; six tickets for - cents. HOrse-oai
tickets lrc also received as fare.
HcrdiG cabr ure run 10 any part of the city
Fare, 70 cents, within / mile; - cents pei
hour for one passenger; 81 per hour tul
more han one. Stands. East Capitol from
pnd Pennsylvania avenue and ocYcnti
street northwest.